- Ua mākaukau ʻo Tropical North Queensland no 3,150 pohō hana mākaʻikaʻi ma ka Kalikimaka.
- Hoʻemi ka poʻe hana mākaʻikaʻi TTNQ i ka hapalua o kona nui pre-pandemic.
- Ua ʻike ʻia nā poho hana TTNQ ma nā ʻoihana āpau.
ʻO kekahi 3,150 Tropical North Queensland mau hana mākaʻikaʻi e nalowale e ka Kalikimaka e hōʻemi ana i ka poʻe hana mākaʻikaʻi i ka hapalua o kāna nui pre-pandemic, e like me ka noiʻi hou mai ka Tourism and Transport Forum (TTF).
ʻO Tropical North Queensland (TTNQ) Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Luna Nui ʻo Mark Olsen, ua hoʻohana ka mākaʻikaʻi i 15,750 mau limahana piha a hapa manawa, a me ka hoʻolimalima huakaʻi hele ʻole, kākoʻo i ka huina o 25,500 mau hana ma mua o ka maʻi maʻi ma ka ʻāina ʻo Cairns.
"Ma Iulai 2021, ua nalowale mākou he 3,600 mau limahana paʻa, ʻoiai me ke kākoʻo o JobKeeper a me kahi mākeke home e hoʻi mai ana," wahi a Mr Olsen.
"Ua hoʻonui ka ʻāina i kāna mau limahana ma waena o ke kaulahao lako holoʻokoʻa i mākaukau no ka hoʻoilo paʻakikī, akā i kēia manawa ua ʻōlelo ʻia kēia mau mea hou, ʻoi aku ma mua o 200 mai ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi, ka poʻe i hoʻomaʻamaʻa no nā mahina e ʻimi i nā hana ʻē aʻe.
"Pono ke aupuni e hoʻomaopopo i ke koʻikoʻi o kēia hopena i ko mākou kaiāulu kahi i hilinaʻi ʻia ai hoʻokahi o ʻelima mau hana i ka mākaʻikaʻi."
Ua haʻi ʻo ka luna o ka TTNQ ʻo Ken Chapman e pono ke kākoʻo kālā no nā limahana mākaʻikaʻi e lilo ana kā lākou ola i kēia manawa.
"ʻO nā limahana i kū i lalo a nalowale mau hola o ka hana ma muli o nā laka i ko lākou wahi hiki ke piʻi i $ 750 i kēlā me kēia pule pōʻino COVID-19 nā uku kākoʻo kālā mai Centrelink," wahi āna.
"Akā ua kū i lalo nā limahana mākaʻikaʻi no ka mea ʻo lockdowns ma nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ka ʻāina ke kumu i ka laka ʻia o kā lākou haku hana mai kāna kumu kūʻai aku ʻaʻole hiki ke loaʻa kālā kākoʻo.
"He pōʻino kanaka kēia ma muli o ke kulekele aupuni."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo CEO ʻo Cairns Chamber of Commerce ʻo Patricia O'Neill i ka nalowale ʻana o ka hana ma nā ʻoihana āpau, ʻo ia hoʻi nā hale kūʻai i loaʻa i ka hāʻule he 61% o nā hana mai ka makahiki kālā i hala.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Advance Cairns CEO Paul Sparshott e hoʻemi nui ʻia ka hiki ke hoʻihoʻi hou i ka ʻoihana kūloko inā nalowale nā limahana akamai i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi a me ka hoʻokipa.
"E loaʻa nā hopena lōʻihi. Ke hoʻopilikia nui ʻia nā mākeke mākaʻikaʻi e kahe ana i nā ʻoihana ʻē aʻe e pili ana i ka ʻoihana āpau āpau, "wahi āna.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mr Olsen, ʻo Tropical North Queensland, a e mau nō ia, ʻo ia kekahi o nā wahi i hoʻopilikia nui ʻia ma Australia a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka manaʻo no ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi.
"Me ka ʻole o nā mea kūʻai aku, ʻaʻole i loaʻa i nā ʻoihana ka huli ʻana e mālama i kā lākou limahana akamai loa, ua loaʻa kekahi o lākou i mau makahiki o ke aʻo ʻana i nā wahi kūikawā e lilo i poʻe skippers, dive masters a me jump masters e hāʻawi i nā ʻike mākaʻikaʻi o ka ʻāina.
"He 27 wale nō mau lā o ka pololei o kā mākou ʻāina me ka ʻole o ka hopena o ka laka ʻana i nā mākeke kūloko nui i nā mahina he 18 i hala.
"ʻO kēlā wā i ka Mei ka wā ʻoi loa o ka ʻoi loa o ka moku ʻo Cairns a me Great Barrier Reef ma mua o ka maʻi ahulau ma ke ʻano he wahi moku ʻāina ʻoi loa mākou no Gogled no nā mea hoʻomaha o Australia.
"Eia nō naʻe, he mea paʻakikī ke kū ʻana / hoʻomaka o nā laka hema e pani ana i kahi i waho o nā mākeke koʻikoʻi no nā ʻoihana e hoʻokele, ʻo ia hoʻi me nā pae limahana.
"Aia mākou i ko mākou pule ʻeono o nā malihini kipa manuahi me ka ʻoi aku ma mua o 15 miliona mau Australians i ka laka.
"Ke holo nei ka hapa nui o nā ʻoihana ma lalo o 5% o kā lākou loaʻa kālā maʻamau, a ke lohi nei nā puke i mua me nā hōkele a hiki i ka 15-25% noho a ʻoi aku ma mua o $ 20 miliona i nā hanana i hoʻopanee ʻia no Iulai a me ʻAukake.
"He mau moku mākou e hele ana me ʻeono mau kaʻa a me ʻehā mau pūʻali a ʻo ka hapa nui o nā wahi i nā hola kālepa palena ʻole, aʻo nā mea ʻē aʻe i hele i ka hibernation.
"Ua lilo ka hilinaʻi o nā mea kūʻai aku i ka hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻana ma waena o ka ʻāina a mamao loa hoʻi mai ka home, me kahi 60% o ka poʻe huakaʻi ʻo ʻAseteria i hiki ʻole ke hele i ko lākou mokuʻāina mokuʻāina e like me ka ʻike hou o ka ʻ Industrylelo mai ka ʻĀpana ʻOihana Hoʻolālā ʻo Kuini (QTIC)."
"Me ka hapalua o kā mākou huakaʻi home e hele mai ana mai waena mai ma mua o ka laka ʻana, e hoʻomau ka hopena o ka palena o nā palena i kā mākou ʻāina.
“Me nā lā hoʻomaha kula e hiki mai ana, e hilinaʻi nui ana ka hana hoʻolaha kālepa TTNQ i Kepakemapa a me ʻOkakopa i nā hoa huakaʻi huakaʻi e hoʻāʻo a hāʻawi i ka hilinaʻi o nā mea kūʻai aku e puke me ka ʻike e hoʻomau ʻia ka loli.
"Ke hōʻike nei ka ʻikepili mai nā hui huakaʻi kūʻai aku ʻo Cairns ka ʻelima i ʻimi nui ʻia a me ke ono o ka huakaʻi huakaʻi i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i nā pule he ʻehā i hala iho nei, akā ke holo nei mākou ma lalo o 25% o nā hulina a me 55% o nā puke mai kahi a mākou i noho mua ai. COVID.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Luna Hoʻokele Tropical North Queensland (TTNQ), ʻo Mark Olsen, ka mākaʻikaʻi i 15,750 mau limahana piha a hapa manawa a, me ka hoʻolilo kūkaʻikaʻi huakaʻi, kākoʻo he 25,500 mau hana ma mua o ka maʻi ahulau ma ka moku ʻo Cairns.
- “Employees who are stood down and lost hours of work due to lockdowns in their area are able to get up to $750 per week of COVID-19 disaster income support payments from Centrelink,” he said.
- “Without customers, businesses do not have the turnover to keep their highly skilled staff, some of whom have received years of training in specialized areas to become the skippers, dive masters and jump masters that provide the region's signature tourism experiences.
